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Monmouth College: During the 2007-08 academic year, academic departments elected to move to an annual conversation model from a 5-year reporting model for assessing student-learning in their majors. The departmental focus is balanced with the utilization of assessment tools such as NSSE and CLA which provide an overview of student-learning for the institution as a whole.
The new approach requires departments, interdisciplinary programs, and general education areas to meet each year to discuss: 1) goals of the major, program, or area and how those support the college-wide student learning goals, 2) evidence of student learning in the major, program, or area; and 3) an initiative for the next year to improve student learning.
In the first year, department conversations focused on goals and provided an opportunity for faculty who were appointed since the student-learning goals were adopted to discuss them with departmental colleagues. A significant benefit of the first year conversations was to broaden and strengthen understanding of student-learning goals and the faculty commitment to them.
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